Ankita, Shrivalli enter second round in Georgia

Ankita Raina beat her doubles accomplice Anastasia Tikhonova 7-6(2), 6-4 within the first spherical of the $40,000 ITF ladies’s tennis event in Lopota, Georgia, on Wednesday.

It was a great day for Indians, as Shrivalli Bhamidipaty additionally made it to the second spherical of singles, whereas Rutuja Bhosale made it to the semifinals of doubles with Paige Hourigan of New Zealand.

In the meantime, qualifier Man Den Ouden of the Netherlands beat the eighth seeded Sumit Nagal 6-1, 6-1 within the first spherical of the €91,250 Challenger tennis event in Prague, Czech Republic.

The outcomes: €91,250 Challenger, Francavilla al Mare, Italy: Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Siddhant Banthia & Alexander Donski (Bul) bt Mats Hermans (Ned) & Tiago Pereira (Por) 6-1, 3-6, [10-4].

€91,250 Challenger, Prague, Czech Republic: Singles (first spherical): Man Den Ouden (Ned) bt Sumit Nagal 6-1, 6-1.

Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Milos Karol (Svk) & Neil Oberleitner (Aut) bt Vijay Sundar Prashanth & Miguel Reyes-Varela (Mex) 6-4, 7-6(6). Marcelo Demoliner (Bra) & David Pel (Ned) bt Niki Poonacha & Marcelo Zormann (Bra) 6-4, 6-4.

$30,000 ITF males, Baotou, China: Singles (first spherical): S Mukund bt Yuichiro Inui (Jpn) 6-0 retired.

$15,000 ITF males, Tehran, Iran: Singles (first spherical): Karan Singh bt Juan Jose Bianchi (Ven) 6-3, 7-6(5); Moein Moazam (Iri) bt Nitin Kumar Sinha 1-0 (retired); Prajwal Dev bt Atharva Sharma 6-1, 6-2; Artem Bogomolov bt Dev Javia 2-6, 6-4, 7-6(5).

Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Ivan Denisov & Kabir Hans bt Juan Bianchi & Brandon Peez (Ven) 6-4, 6-4; Dev Javia & Karan Singh bt Parsa Ashjari & Sina Moghimi (Iri) 6-7(5), 6-2, [10-6]; Fadi Bidani (Lbn) & Dmitry Dolzhenkov bt Matteo Covato (Ita) & Maan Kesharwani 7-6(7), 3-6, [10-5].

$40,000 ITF ladies, Lopota, Georgia: Singles (first spherical): Ankita Raina bt Anastasia Tikhonova 7-6(2), 6-4; Shrivalli Bhamidipaty bt Ksenia Zaytseva 6-3, 6-3.

Doubles (quarterfinals): Varvara Panshina & Daria Zelinskaya bt Ankita Raina & Anastasia Tikhonova 2-6, 6-4, [10-7]; Rutuja Bhosale & Paige Hourigan (Nzl) bt Rinko Matsuda (Jpn) & Nina Rudukova 7-5, 6-1.

$30,000 ITF ladies, Goyang, Korea: Singles (first spherical): Lin Zhu (Chn) bt Vaidehi Chaudhari 6-2, 6-3.

$15,000 ITF ladies, Monastir, Tunisia: Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Aaddi Gupta & Aurora Urso (Ita) bt Joody Elkady (Egy) & Ksenia Smirnova 2-6, 6-3, [10-6].